Events

Omeka S Events (Omeka\Event) extend from Zend\EventManager\Event. They are triggered in a variety of controllers, views and API actions to allow follow-up actions to be done within Omeka S itself or within modules. See Events Reference for a full list.

Attaching a listener to an event

Events are triggered based on the name of the event, and the class of the object that triggers it. A typical attachment of a listener in a module looks like:

The class identifier. In this case, it is 'Omeka\Controller\Admin\Item', meaning that the admin-side item controller will fire the event.

The event identifier. Here, the view action will fire the view.show.after event.

The callback for the event. The module will use its showSource method to add content to the view. An Omeka\Event object is passed along. From that object, inspect the parameters with $event->getParams() or $event->getParam('paramName') to obtain the data you need.